Tex. Educ. Code § 105.151 · Subchapter D. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
MANDATORY VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Venue for a suit filed against the system, the board, the University of North Texas, or officers or employees of the University of North Texas is in Denton County.
(b) Venue for a suit filed solely against the health science center or officers or employees of the health science center is in Tarrant County.
(c) Venue for a suit filed solely against the University of North Texas at Dallas or against officers or employees of the University of North Texas at Dallas is in Dallas County.
(c-1) Venue for a suit filed solely against the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law or against officers or employees of the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law is in Dallas County.
(d) In case of a conflict between Subsection (a), (b), (c), or (c-1) and any other law, Subsection (a), (b), (c), or (c-1) controls.
(e) Service of citation or other required process must be made on the attorney general and on an individual named by board rule as a representative of the board.
(f) This section does not waive any defense or any immunity to suit or liability that may be asserted by an entity or other person described by Subsection (a), (b), or (c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 1, eff. May 2, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1213 (S.B. 956), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.105.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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